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March 2011
A Miniature Chateau in Highland Park
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $799,000
The Property: Although the North Shore has many grandly scaled chateaux, this Highland Park home demonstrates that grandeur can come in medium-size packages, too. All the architectural detail and lavish finishes of some of the area’s finer residences are tucked into an eight-room house designed to feel like a centuries-old home in France’s Brittany region... Read more
College Comeback: The University of Chicago Finds Its Groove
By Dennis Rodkin
U-TURN: For decades, undergraduates at the University of Chicago seemed to live by the ancient notion that scholars must “suffer into learning,” and over time applications and enrollment declined. As a result, school officials have worked to reinvent the place, and today Hyde Park has become a hot destination among students applying to the country’s top-tier colleges Read more
Ryan LaRoche Tells About the New NoMI
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
NuNoMI
For NoMI, the end of 2010 was a roller coaster. In August, executive chef Christophe David resigned to move to Switzerland. Then in November, the restaurant garnered a Michelin star and announced shortly after that it was closing in January for renovations... Read more
Bringing Home the Bacon: A Visit to 694 Wine & Spirits Lingers the Morning After
By Amalie Drury
Who needs breakfast when, with a simple toss of the head, you can catch a whiff of last night’s bacon?
The Creative Director had a lot of directing to finish up yesterday before heading off to New York this morning to help with a friend’s art show booth. But he still had time to send me an e-mail with the subject line “Future Drinks”... Read more
50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans at L2O
March 1, 2011—Chicago magazine honored the 50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans, as featured in the March issue, with a sophisticated soiree at L2O. Guests were treated to delicious hors d’oeuvres by L2O, specialty cocktails courtesy of Moon Mountain Vodka, and wine provided by H2Vino and Heritage Wine Cellars. Rental equipment provided by Hall's Rental Service. Read more
Inish to Win It
Five picks for this week: A top Irish export hits Chicago Shakes … You can’t look; you can’t look away: Body Worlds returns to the MSI … Zombies, vampires, and Rick Bayless take over C2E2 … Plus, five don’t-miss freebies Read more